Distraction Techniques for Anxiety: Harmful or Helpful?

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Do you ever try to distract yourself from your anxiety? There are many ways you can do this, but only some are actually productive methods of minimizing anxiety. Others can make it worse in the long run. In this video, I discuss whether or not distraction is a healthy practice for anxiety, what types of distraction to pursue, how often to use these techniques, and how distraction is impacted by the kind of anxiety you have.

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0:00 Is distraction helpful for anxiety?
1:10 What are helpful distraction techniques?
5:13 Unproductive distraction techniques
13:07 How often should you use distraction techniques?
17:18 What type of anxiety do you have?